Intern, Health Safety and Enviornmental

Knorr Bremse Group; Springfield (MA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Knorr Bremse Group in Massachusetts seeks an Occupational Health and Safety professional to develop and implement programs improving environmental efficiency, employee safety, and ergonomics.

You will monitor safety and sustainability metrics, participate in new equipment launches, investigate incidents, and support training and audits to meet OSHA, EPA, ISO requirements. Strong teamwork and communication are essential.

Qualifications

• Occupational Health and Safety, Environmental Sciences, or Industrial Hygiene majors with GPA >= 3.0.
• Demonstrated ability to work in a team setting and communicate effectively.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Participate in developing and implementing programs to improve environmental efficiency, safety, and ergonomics.
• Monitor, analyze, and report safety, environmental and sustainability metrics.
• Join new equipment launch teams to meet HSE requirements (hazard analysis, PPE assessments, machine guarding, waste evaluations, permits).
• Investigate and help resolve injuries, environmental incidents, and property loss events.
• Assist with process safety projects using six sigma, lean, and project management.
• Support auditing to ensure OSHA, EPA, and ISO14001/OHSAS18001 compliance.
• Develop safety and environmental training materials and employee events.
• Coordinate with HSE, Facilities, Engineering, and other disciplines.

Skills

Enthusiastic approach to work

Resourceful

Multi-tasking

Self-motivation

Communication & collaboration

Statistical tools

Education

Occupational Health and Safety, Environmental Sciences, or Industrial Hygiene majors with GPA >= 3.0

Tools

Statistical tools

Job description

• Participate in the development and implementation of beneficial programs/projects aimed at improving environmental efficiency, employee safety, and equipment ergonomics.
• Monitoring, analyzing, and reporting of operational safety, environmental and sustainability metrics.
• Participate on new equipment launch teams to complete requirements for HSE, including job hazard analysis, personal protective equipment assessments, machine guarding assessments, waste evaluations and HSE regulatory permitting.
• Investigate and contribute to the resolution of employee occupational injuries, environmental incidents and property loss events.
• Assist with process safety improvement projects, including use of six sigma tools, lean, and project management skills as required.
• Contribute and participate in implementation and auditing teams to ensure OSHA, EPA, and ISO14001 / OHSAS18001 requirements are being met.
• Development of safety and environmental awareness training, communications material and employee events.
• Liaison work with HSE, Facilities, Engineering, and other functional disciplines.

Required Skills

• Enthusiastic approach to work
• Resourceful – not intimidated by large assignments
• Ability to multi-task and work in a fast- paced, team- focused environment
• Self-motivation and the ability to learn new assignments quickly
• Strong communication, organization and collaboration skills
• Knowledge of statistical tools preferred

Education

• Occupational Health and Safety, Environmental Sciences, or Industrial Hygiene majors with a minimum of 3.0 GPA